A descendant of the kings of Judah apparently one of the sons of Shechaniah, (1 Chronicles 3:22) in the fourth or fifth generation from
Zerubbabel. A person of the same name accompanied Ezra from
Babylon to
Jerusalem. (Ezra 8:2) In another statement Hattush is said to have returned with
Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 12:2)